house
About us

Songs of Ascension has been commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts by Van and Eddi Van Auken in honor of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, Stanford University (World Premiere), Transatlantic Arts Consortium (a partnership between the California Institute of the Arts, Dartington Plus, and Idyllwild Arts), and The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Additional commissioning funds for the development of Songs of Ascension were provided by:
The National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, (with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and MetLife Foundation, Association of Performing Arts Presenters), National Endowment for the Arts, The Argosy Foundation Fund for Contemporary Music,  The ASCAP Foundation (Joseph Meyer Fund), The Harkness Foundation for Dance and Trust for Mutual Understanding

Songs of Ascension has been developed during residencies at:
Dartington, Totnes, England and The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN


song of ascension

Leadership Circle
Ellynne C. Skove           

Inner Song Circle
Alex Nason, Linda Safran

Song Circle
Haruno Arai, Jonathan Caplan, Robert Evans and Gail P. Sinai, Peter Goldfarb, Linda S. Golding, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodale, Jr., Dr. Ann C. Hill, Frances Kazan, Elisa King and David Farer, Victoria M. and Michael Paine, Elizabeth Peyton and Anthony Just, Judith Ragir, Ken Rosenbaum, Barbara and Ira Sahlman, Carol Ann Schuster, Susannah Falk Shopsin, Robert and Melissa Soros, Philippa and Michael Straus, Frederieke Sanders Taylor, Arbie R. Thalacker, Micki Wesson

With additional support from:
Catherine Appel, Marilyn Eisner Beckwith, Patricia Falk, Olivia Georgia and Steve Oakes, Robert Grimm, Leslie B. Samuels and Augusta H. Gross, Yuki Iwashiro, Sali Ann Kriegsman, Richard Lanier, Joseph Leighly, Jim Melchert, Monica Moseley, Victoria M. Paine, Frederieke Sanders Taylor, Dr. Peter L. Washburn

Song Circle Benefit Committee (In formation):
Nancy Leavens, Jim Melchert, Victoria M. Paine, Frederieke Sanders Taylor, Alta Tingle, Micki Wesson, Felicia Woytak and Steven Rasmussen

 

Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
Altria Corporate Services, Inc.
The Amphion Foundation Inc.
Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund
ASCAP/American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
Bessemer Trust
Bloomberg L.P.
Booth Ferris Foundation
Caplan Family Foundation
Compton Foundation, Inc
Cornish College of the Arts
Dancing in the Streets
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Foundation
Enterprise Foundation
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation/ USArtists International
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Music Fund
Publicolor
The James E. Robison Foundation
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Tides Foundation
Tobacco Pink Fund
Trust for Mutual Understanding
The Vilcek Foundation
Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund



nyscanefaapapascap
neaaltriaMid Atlantic Arts FoundationMid Atlantic Arts Foundation
contributions

(Re) Sounding Board

Stephen Antonakos and Naomi Spector
Catherine Appel
Haruno Arai
Elise M. Bernhardt and Tony Giovanetti
Helene Blieberg
Richard Blinkoff
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Browning
Mary Ann Byrne
Pamela Calvert
Jonathan Caplan
Janice and Charles Cecil
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Cohen
Eileen Cohen
Dr. Monroe Coleman
Dick Connette
Paula Cooper
Suzi Cordish
Mr. and Mrs. David Coulter
John and Sage Cowles
Molly A. Davies
Sylvia de Cuevas
Marie Christophe de Menil
Jane Dixon and John Boone
Pamela Drexel
Winka Dubbeldam
Barbara Dufty
Corinna Durland
Ruth E. Eisenberg
Robert Evans and Gail P. Sinai
David B. Farer and Elisa King
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Feder
Hermine Fuerst
Carlos E. Garcia and D. Wallace
Colvard Johanna and Leslie Garfield
Olivia Georgia and Steve Oakes
RoseLee Goldberg
Wendy Goldberg
Peter Goldfarb
Linda S. Golding
Helen Goldstein
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodale, Jr.
Eden Graber and Richard Tilton
Robert Grimm
Leslie B. Samuels and Augusta H. Gross
Daniel Shapiro and Agnes Gund
Linda Handler
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hartstein
Dr. Ann C. Hill
Barbara T. Hoffman, Esq.
Theodore Israel and Laurel Cutler
Yuki Iwashiro
Abby Karp
Janet Kato
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Katz
Vincent and Vivien Katz
Frances Kazan
Elisa King
Michael Klein

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Krasney
Sali Ann Kriegsman
Paul R. Langland
Richard Lanier
Nancy Leavens
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Leigh
Joseph Leighly
Susana Leval
Harvey Lichtenstein
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Michael Lieberman and Jessie Washburne-Harris
Julie Lifton Schwerner
Jamie G. Longhi
James T. MacGregor
Kerry McCarthy and Kate Mann
Suzanne McWilliam Oberlin
Jim Melchert
Andrea Miller
Meredith Monk
Monica Moseley
Alex Nason Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Newman
Isabelle O'Connell
Steve Oliver
Victoria M. Paine
Mark H. Palermo
Meredith Palmer
Elizabeth Peyton and Anthony Just
Judith S. Ragir
Nataly and Toby Ritter
Paul A. Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Rose
Ken Rosenbaum
Ted Rotante
Richard Rothman and Melissa Salten Rothman
Linda Safran
Barbara and Ira Sahlman
Ida Schmertz
Carol Ann Schuster
Barbara S. Schwartz
Susannah F. Shopsin
Ruth Lande Shuman
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Simring
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Skove
Catherine Skove
Ellynne C. Skove
Kiki Smith
James Sollins
Barbara Cohen - Stratyner
Paul Sturm
Frederieke Sanders
Taylor Judith Taylor
Arbie R. Thalacker
Jack and Wiesje Van Hulst
Dr. Peter L. Washburn
Suzanne Weil
Micki Wesson
Frank Williams
Mark Wovsaniker
Hahn-Bin Yoo

Spring 2008 Benefit

Honoree
Ellynne C. Skove

Benefit Co-Chairs
Haruno Arai
Linda and Andrew Safran,
Frederieke Sanders Taylor,
Barbara and Ira Sahlman

Benefit Committee Members
Jane Alexander
Stephen Antonakos and Naomi Spector
Catherine and Robert Appel
Stephanie Berger
Elise M. Bernhardt
Lois Bianchi
Helene Blieberg
Karen Brooks Hopkins
Kirk and Barbara Browning
Mary Ann Byrne
Janice and Charles Cecil
Dick Connette
Paula Cooper
John and Sage Cowles
Molly A. Davies
Jane Dixon and Mr. John Boone
Pamela Drexel
Winka Dubbeldam
Barbara Dufty
Corinna Durland
Ruth E. Eisenberg and Greg Hendren
Robert Evans and Gail P. Sinai
David B. Farer and Elisa King
Olivia Georgia and Steve Oakes
Robert Grimm
Augusta H. Gross and Leslie B. Samuels
Mimi Gross




Linda Handler
Barbara T. Hoffman, Esq.
Bob Holman
Yuki Iwashiro
Abby Karp
Alex and Ada Katz
Vincent and Vivien Katz
Frances Kazan
Sali Ann Kriegsman
Paul R. Langland
Richard Lanier
Susana Leval
Kerry McCarthy and Kate Mann
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller
Movement Research
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Newman
Victoria Paine
Meredith Palmer
Amanda X. Pelham
Elizabeth Peyton and Anthony Just
Paul A. Rogers
Ken Rosenbaum
Richard Rothman and Melissa Salten Rothman
Carol Schuster
Barbara S. Schwartz
Amy Schwartzman
Doris and Richard Seidlitz
Susannah Falk Shopsin
Ruth Lande Shuman
Karee Skarsten
Ellen and Philip Skove
Catherine Skove
James Sollins
Michael and Phillipa Straus
Arbie R. Thalacker and Deborah Garrett
Jack and Wiesje Van Hulst
William A. Warrell
Micki Wesson

For information on making a contribution to The House Foundation please contact Olivia Georgia, Executive Director at Georgia@meredithmonk.org


Home | Music | Interdisciplinary | Store | Calendar | House Foundation | Sign-up | Join us | Site Map
Myspace | Facebook


Contact: The House Foundation, 260 W. Broadway New York, NY 10013 T | 212-904-1330 F | 212-904-1305 or email
For domestic bookings contact: Rena Shagan Associates
For international bookings contact: Thérèse Barbanel, Artsceniques